Gessica Sakamoto Martiniさんのイラストまとめ

In the Tsimshian cycle Raven the Trickster sees that the world is covered in darkness. He then returns to the heaven & as a cedar leaf is swallowed by the chief’s daughter. Born as her son he steals the daylight, wears his raven skin & flies in the world w/ it. #FairyTaleTuesday

Hermes, as a psychopomp & guide of souls, is the one who takes the dead to the underworld & the sleeping mortals to the land of dreams to receive messages. He often helps the latter not to get stuck in an old dream & narrative, but to cross the line into the new. #FaustianFriday

In the ballad Jack-a-roe, a woman falls in love w/ a sailor named Jack who is soon sent off to war. She then boards a ship dressed as a man saying her name is Jack Monroe, & goes to the battlefield to rescue her lover. She finds & brings him back, & marries him.#FairyTaleTuesday

In the tale 'The Red Shoes', a poor girl is adopted by a rich lady who burns her original handmade red shoes, which symbolize the girl’s creativity & freedom. She then buys a new pair of luxurious but deadly red shoes that make her dance uncontrollably. #FolkloreThursday

In Irish lore, Airmed is a fairy-goddess of herbal lore, healing & witchcraft. After her father killed her brother Miach out of jealousy, Airmed mourned him so deeply that all the plants of the world began to grow on his grave & share their mysteries with her. #FairyTaleTuesday

Columbine is associated w/ women & their mysteries & is often used to restore their strength. The flower is also connected to both the eagle & the dove, thus balancing opposites in nature. In spells, columbines are used to summon courage, wisdom & inner clarity.#FolkloreThursday

In many tales, the hero has to do various sorting tasks. In 'Vasalisa the Wise', she needs to pick poppy seeds from the dirt as a way to connect to her instinctual self & learn what it is she really wants, to tell real from fake, nourishment from deprivation. #FolkloreThursday

In Ainu legends, the Good & Evil deities agreed that those who saw the sun rise first would rule the world. While all faced the East, Fox-god looked West & saw the sunrise first as it was reflected from a high peak. & that's why the good spirits rule the Earth. #FairyTaleTuesday

"Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand."

William Butler Yates, The Stolen Child
🎨Adam Oehlers
#FolkloreThursday

One day, Fox-Woman from the Otherworld came to live with the lonely hunter in his hut. She cooked, washed, & loved him dearly but her pelt had a wild & strong scent, & the hunter kept complaining about it, until one day Fox-Woman left, leaving him alone again. #FairytaleTuesday